Creation Myths Resource

Creation Myths Resource

1. Death Creates the World

   • Origin: Kono People of Guinea
   • Creator - Death, Alatangana
   • ex nihilo

2. First Things

   • Creator - Ra
     • humans from tears
   • ex nihilo
   • Egypt

3. The Sweat of His Brow

   • Serbia
   • God is creator - patriarchal culture with one man in charge puts a lot of solo pressure on him
     • Ex Nihilo

4. Rainbow Crow

   • Lenape People
   • ex nihilo
     • an origin of fire story
   • Kitanotowit

5. The Five Suns

   • Aztec
   • Creation from chaos
   • Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca
   • Cipactli - the evil thing destroyed to make the world
     • humans give blood b/c the gods bled to make the world

6. Out of the Ice

   • Norse
     • creation from chaos
       • humans made from logs
     • Odin, Ymir, Audhumla the cow